Robert Picardo Confirms It's Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor In Starfleet Academy (www.youtube.com)
from ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 08 Apr 21:33
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Tim_Bisley@piefed.social on 09 Apr 00:03 next collapse

We will never be rid of Kurtzman will we? Picardo will probably be dressed in all black, talk in a super serious monotone voice, never smile, and be a super cybernetic king fu ninja samurai master because he has been upgraded with these programs over the years.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 09 Apr 00:11 collapse

Yeah you really nailed it. Just like he was on “Prodigy.”

data1701d@startrek.website on 09 Apr 07:17 collapse

Glorious use of sarcasm.

In terms of writing, they really captured him well on Prodigy, though he was almost entirely a comic relief character.

Looks-wise, he definitely triggered the uncanny valley and was one of the worse aesthetic adaptations of a legacy character in that show. In general, there are some unintentionally terrifying officers on that show.

I do have to say that was one thing Lower Decks did well - when they brought on a legacy character, they were aesthetically recognizable, but never a caricature.

bgainor@thelemmy.club on 10 Apr 00:07 collapse

It would be cool if we get to hear from the version of the Doctor that was in “Living Witness.” I think the timeframe would be about right.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 10 Apr 00:11 collapse

Yeah, it’s definitely possible that Picardo could play both versions of the character, even if it’s just for a single episode.

But the full-time version on “Academy” will be the original, not the “Living Witness” backup.